How Post-Civil War Reconstruction Failed African Americans

How Post-Civil War Reconstruction Failed African Americans

by | Sep 12, 2021 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black History (Through Reconstruction), Black New-US, Current News Headlines, Video Essays on Black History and Politics

After the Civil War, African Americans were hopeful that this new post-slavery era would bring freedom and equality. This article explores why the Reconstruction failed to live up to the expectations and why many African Americans are still fighting for their fundamental rights today.

How The Great Depression Affected Black Women…And What Black Women Did About It

How The Great Depression Affected Black Women…And What Black Women Did About It

by | Jun 18, 2021 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines, Video Essays on Black History and Politics

Support African Elements via Patreon; https://www.patreon.com/africanelements *Ad Free Videos for as little as $1/Month Subscription!!* How The Great Depression Affected Black Women…And What Black Women Did About It In this article, we discuss the experiences of...
Is Harriet Tubman A Fictional Character? (Dane Calloway and the Underground Railroad)

Is Harriet Tubman A Fictional Character? (Dane Calloway and the Underground Railroad)

by | May 26, 2021 | Video Essays on Black History and Politics

In this edition of, “Say What?!!” we evaluate Dane Calloway’s claim that Harriet Tubman is a fictional character and that the underground railroad has no correlation with the network of safe houses used to assist fugitive slaves as historians have claimed. Dane makes the extraordinary claim that the Underground Railroad is an actual underground transit system that had been in existence for centuries.

3 Ways the Civil War Failed to End Slavery…And 4 Things Black Folks Did About It

3 Ways the Civil War Failed to End Slavery…And 4 Things Black Folks Did About It

by | Apr 13, 2021 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black History (Through Reconstruction), Black New-US, Current News Headlines, Video Essays on Black History and Politics

Convict leasing, sharecropping, and domestic service are some of the ways that newly emancipated Blacks continued to face involuntary servitude after the Civil War. But Black people rose to the challenge. In this episode we discuss three ways the Civil War failed to end slavery AND four things Black people did about.